ALEX DAWSON (writer/director/narrator) is full time faculty at Rutgers University, where he teaches creative writing (with a focus on folklore and horror) and leads fable-fueled Study Abroad programs to some of the worlds most mythical places. He is the owner/creator of the the Rac-On-Tour, a mobile bookstore/cabinet of wonder built on the back of a flatbed farm truck, and he curates/hosts R.O.T. Fest, a bi-monthly vaudevillian variety show that puts writers onstage alongside musicians, puppeteers, and sideshow performers. He is an award-winning playwright/set designer. His many NYC productions include Room to Swing an Axe and Deep in the Jeeps of Georgia. His forthcoming novel, Welcome to White Hart, has been called "magical and masterful" (Lev Grossman, The Magicians) and "a work of wizardry" (Idra Novey, Those Who Knew). Samantha Hunt (Mr. Splitfoot) called it a "wonder" and said it was "impossible not to be amazed. Instagram, Facebook.
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ARLAN FEILES (composer/musical director/balladeer) is an award winning, internationally touring Asbury Park singer/songwriter and music producer mentored by the late great Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame record producer Tom Dowd and accompanied by the likes of Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson. He has released six critically acclaimed records, and his music can be heard in many TV programs and movies, including the trailer for the Academy award winning film “The Dallas Buyers Club.” His band is The Brokenhearted. His albums included Razing a Nation, Weeds Kill the Wildflowers, and What Kind of World. He has recorded songs accompanied by such illustrious Visit him at arlanfeilesmusic.com.Instagram, Facebook.
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DAN DIANA (fabricator/puppeteer/Devil) was a Special FX Artist/Prop Fabricator in Hollywood for seven years, working on mostly Marvel movies, like Guardians of the Galaxy & The Avengers. He built the battered Iron Man Helmet in Endgame. Dan studied prosthetic make-up with Tom Savini at The Douglas Education Center in Pennsylvania. Dan currently works for Four Horsemen Studios, where he sculpts/fabricates hyper-detailed, life-size replicas of the various figures that populate their Mythic Legions universe. Diana and Dawson have collaborated on many other projects including Nosferatu: The First Vampyre, a theatrical production inspired by the silent film, and The Thing at Raritan Landing, a theatrical haunt set in colonial New Jersey. Instagram.
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JACKIE FOGEL (Daisy Dirt) holds a BFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre, and was accepted into The Actors Studio as a working finalist. Jackie performed in New York City theater, followed by a decade in Los Angeles, where she did voiceover work and appeared in commercials and indie films. She now teaches middle school theater in Westfield, NJ, where she helps students find their voices, build confidence, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others through the art of performance.